When beakers met bell beakers : an analysis of dental remains / Jocelyne Desideri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Desideri, Jocelyne

Series:

BAR international series ; 2292.

BAR international series ; 2292

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Beaker cultures--Europe.

Beaker cultures.

Bell beaker culture--Europe.

Bell beaker culture.

Dental anthropology--Europe.

Dental anthropology.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Europe.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Europe--Antiquities.

Europe.

Medicine, Ancient.

Paleodontology--methods.

Anthropology, Cultural--methods.

History, Ancient.

Antiquities.

Medical Subjects:

Paleodontology--methods.

Anthropology, Cultural--methods.

History, Ancient.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 205 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2011.

Language Note:

In English with abstract also in French.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

"The Bell Beaker complex is defined, above all, by a ceramic style widespread across Europe during the 3rd millennium BC. In contrast to the preceding period, it represents an entity distinguished from other archaeological manifestations by its material culture, funeral practices and mode of diffusion. Its particularly vast geographic distribution has provoked different interpretations: a unique population invading Europe, the long-distance exchange of prestige goods, and the absence of a Bell Beaker population with only the diffusion of its cultural components. Osteoarchaeology makes it possible to test the first of these hypotheses, which proposes the diffusion of a culture by population displacement. The pertinent elements on the human skeleton must thus be identified for analysis. Here, the choice was made to analyze non-metric dental traits, anatomic variations observed on permanent and deciduous dentition. These are, in general, traits that are present or absent, or which reflect different phases of development. They can be positive structures, such as the presence of tubercles or ridges, or negative, such as grooves. Such traits can also vary in the number, position and size of cusps and roots. Based on results obtained from studies of archaeological material, the regions selected to test this hypothesis are the Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland, France and Spain."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction

The bell beaker ... a phenomenon ... an enigma. The situation preceding the Bell Beaker culture

The Bell Beaker of yesteryear

The Bell Beaker today

And when the individual associated with the Bell Beaker culture is expressed

An interdisciplinary program ... a common objective

Research objectives

From cultural group to the individual. Selected regions

The eastern domain: Bohemia

The eastern domain: Hungary

The southern domain: Southern France

The southern domain: Northern Spain

Dental terminology. Anatomy of a tooth

The dentition

Systems of dental notation

Supplementary definitions

Non-metric dental traits: indicators of distance between populations. A short history of research

Non-metric dental traits

Reliability of the recording system

The potential of the variables in the comparative population studies

From tooth to trait. Non-metric dental traits

Data acquisition

Evaluation of intra- and interobserver concordance

Preliminary data treatment. Descriptive statistics

Asymmetry of the antimeres

Correlations between traits

Sexual dimorphism

Data analysis. The procedure applied

Analysis of assemblages

From discussion to interpretation. Discussion at the regional scale

Discussion on a broad scale

Hypothesis for Bell Beaker population dynamics

Conclusions.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Geneva.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains appendices and tables of data.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-197).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781407338521

1407338528

OCLC:

1452024027

Publisher Number:

S2292 BAR Publishing

Access Restriction:

Use copy Restrictions unspecified